Aprons Patents (Class 131/54)
  • Publication number: 20100043808
    Abstract: An improved packaging for roll your own moking articles that includes a pair of substantially parallel members connected together at opposing ends and forming a generally open interior. The pair of substantially parallel members extend along a path between the opposing ends. The path includes at least one substantially straight portion and a semi-cylindrical portion. The pair of substantially parallel members are configured such that a plurality of rolling papers may be removably packaged between the pair of substantially parallel members. The plurality of rolling papers at least initially conform to the shape of the path of the pair of substantially parallel members after removal from the improved packaging such that a tobacco product may be immediately introduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: BBK Tobcacco & Foods, LLP
    Inventor: Joshua D. Kesselman
  • Patent number: 4697602
    Abstract: A machine for rolling bulk material, such as fiber filters and tobacco, and wrapping a sheet member around the bulk material has a flexible apron connected to a roller bar which is rotated with an electric motor. The apron is located over a convex support between side walls having track slots for guiding the roller bar as it rolls up the apron and moves relative to the support. Bulk material placed on the apron adjacent the roller bar is rolled into a generally cylindrical shape within a sheet member as the apron moves over the support. The cylindrical product is discharged from the apron when the roller bar reaches the rear of the slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1987
    Inventor: Terry L. Pelkey
  • Patent number: 4368741
    Abstract: Device for rolling of cigarettes with a flat basic structure open on the top, in which there is disposed a belt moving around a cylinder, characterized in that the cylinder is rotatably arranged in a slidable member alongside an upper edge of the basic structure, and that transverse to the direction of movement, under the belt, there is a recess which at its upper edge, terminates into flat tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1983
    Assignee: Gizeh-Werk GmbH
    Inventor: Helmut Meinunger